Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Production of cinema films · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Abbreviation of ARTEBIA - JACQUES-SOWER · Insurance agents and brokers · Hannut · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 1983
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Koksijde · since 1987
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Jalhay · since 1991
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Gavere · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 1992
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Office administrative and support services · Ans · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of NEW OLGA · Other business support services · Brussel · since 1996
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Tervuren · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Lochristi · since 2014
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Cultural education · Courcelles · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · De Panne · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2009
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Other education · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ARTEMIS F.U. · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Activities of head offices · Zottegem · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1984
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Luxembourg · since 1979
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Activities of head offices · Edegem · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Psychology services · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1996
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Book publishing · since 2009
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Herentals · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Willebroek · since 2012
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Zedelgem · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Assesse · since 2007
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Zonhoven · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Hasselt · since 1992
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Deinze · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SFEERCREATION · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Arte Licata e Agnello · Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2013
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2016
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Brasschaat · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1973
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Boutersem · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Verviers · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aarschot · since 2010
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Halle · since 1952
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Abbreviation of L'Atelier de Recherches sur les Technologies de l'Enseignement et des Arts · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1984
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Seneffe · since 2001
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Abbreviation of ARTES ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Chaudfontaine · since 2019